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Blessings: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

'Tis not for mortals always to be blest.— ARMSTRONG — Art of Preserving Health. Bk. IV. L. 260.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New.— BACON — Of Adversity.

Blessings star forth forever; but a curse Is like a cloud-it passes.— BAILEY — Festus. Sc. Hades.

Blest Is he whose heart is the home of the great dead, And their great thoughts.— BAILEY — Festus. Sc. A Village Feast.

A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware.— COLERIDGE — The Ancient Mariner. Pt. IV.

For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.— CONGREVE — The Mourning Bride. Act V. Sc. 3.

Bless the hand that gave the blow.— DRYDEN — The Spanish Friar. Act II. Sc. 1.

To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. VII. L. 95.

Pope's trans. A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.— RICH. MONCKTON MILNES — The Men of Old. St. 7.

The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.— S. POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. I. L. 75.

Jove bless thee, master Parson.— Shakespeare — Twelfth Night. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 14.

The benediction of these covering heavens Fall on their heads like dew!— Shakespeare — Cymbeline. Act V. Sc. 5. L. 350.

Amid my list of blessings infinite, Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night IX. L. 497.

Like birds, whose beauties languish half concealed, Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes Expanded, shine with azure, green and gold; How blessings brighten as they take their flight. W.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night II. L. 589.